If it is indeed a hilt form from another culture, I will do my research and see what i can come up with.
Perhaps if I plan on restoring the Kris with cultural-approriate hilt, I will keep the old hilt intact as well. Perhaps try and find a blade more suited for it?
Or I may go with your suggestion, Vandoo, and just keep it as it is. If the hilt is indeed a distinct ethnographic form as opposed to a western replacement, it's bound to have an interesting story to it. If only these blades would speak.
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